Injustice Book 2: Darkness in the Light (Naruto + Young Justice Crossover)

Chapter XIX - Tower of Fate

"Normal Speech."

'Normal Thought.'

"Demon Speech."

'Demon Thought.'

"Other Speech variants."

Location/Time.

-X- Line Break -X-

Wednesday 19th August, 20:20.

Massachusetts,

Salem.

The ride on the Bio-ship to the location of the Tower of Fate had been done in relative silence. There had of course been Wally flirting as usual, even talking about his love to magic for all to hear. Naruto was starting to suspect that most of his time was spent talking rather than using his skills or mind for better things. And considering Wally had recreated the Flash's experiment that gave him access to the Speed Force as he had come to know it as, Wally was more interested in other things despite being incredibly smart.

In a way, it was a good thing. It showed that unlike most young heroes, Wally was relatively normal if a bit over the top in some cases. Unlike most of them, Wally was perhaps the only normal one amongst them, which was ironic considering he could break the sound barrier in his sneakers, or so he boasted anyway.

Turning away from Wally, Naruto instead turned to look out the window, his eyes catching Barbara rolling her eyes along with Artemis. The two, despite having gotten off to a rough start in the beginning, for reasons unknown to him, they had started to get along really well. In fact, most of the team seemed to have gotten closer, with their of course being little cliques in the wider group.

There was of course, the three girls Barbara, Artemis and M'gann. The three talking about whatever they talked about, Naruto had no clue and he doubted he wanted to know. He'd been subjected to some of what he had later come to know was called, 'Girl Talk' by a young Barbara when they were twelve. He did not want to go down that route again, ever.

Then there was Wally and Dick. The two of them seemed to feed off one another. Dick making Wally a little more mature in some cases, and actually show his intelligence when they talked about science occasionally. But on the downside, Wally would also make Dick more immature. Which was strange for Naruto considering he had only seen the mature, young hero side that was Robin. To see Dick act like an immature fourteen-year-old was a strange experience, one that he was still getting used to.

Then finally, there was him Kaldur and Superboy.

Superboy had originally just being outsider, only ever really interacting with grunts and just ignoring everyone around him. Of course, that all changed after the Amazo incident and had started training more often with them all. Considering Kaldur and Naruto were the only ones that could at least spar with him and make him work for a victory, it had led to the three developing a close bond.

Kaldur and Naruto having developed a bond the moment the two met. Both having a more mature outlook than most due to their upbringings and environments, plus they shared a similar work ethic. Which considering they were the only two outside of Barbara and Dick who trained at the beginning of this team's foundation, their friendship was unsurprising.

Even so, despite this closer bond, there were still problems. One of which was his and Barbara relationship. They had always been close and while their friendship had suffered a great deal over the course of his tenure as Black Hood, they were starting to make headway again.

They were nowhere near as close as when they were younger, but they were getting their slowly. However, there were moments as one would expect where the two found things a little too awkward and so, like today things were a little tense between them.